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2010 – Research into traditional herbal Chinese medicine to kill house dust mites

Traditional herbal Chinese medicine (TCM) has been shown to be effective in killing house dust mites. To quote from this paper, “These studies suggest that some TCM preparations described herein may be useful as potentially effective, environmentally acceptable, inexpensive, simple and alternative acaricides. Further research is however necessary on the safety issues of these TCM on human health and insecticidal constituents of these extracts.” Promising research on C. cassia, P cablin and E caryophyllata as eco-friendly biodegradable agents for the control of the house dust mite.

Araricidal activities of traditional Chinese medicine against the house dust mite, ‘Dermatophagoides farinae’. Hai-Qiang Wu.Jing Li, Zen-Dan He, Zhi-Gang Liu, Parasitology, 2010, 137: 975-983.

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